• Express Licence No Ground for Tours
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To hold a licence for a daily express service between two points provides no claim for a licence for excursions between them where the existing facilities are sufficient. This point is established in a new appeal decision of the Minister of Transport.
Messrs. Graham Bros., Newcastle-onTyne appealed against the refusal of the Northern Licensing Authority to license excursions and tours from Newcastle to Blackpool, when renewing existing licences of the same type. The appeal, heard by Mr. E. C. P. Lascelles on March 11, was dismissed with costs.
For the appellants, Mr. T. H. Campbell-Wardlaw held that it was not right that the only operators of a daily express service between Newcastle and Blackpool should not have licences for an excursion to Blackpool. For the respondents, Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., United Automobile Services, Ltd., and the Railway Executive, Mr. J. L. R. Croft declared that the appellants had to produce evidence of need. This had not been done, and they had, in fact, admitted that there was no shortage of facilities.